As well as purple 17, sky blue 15 and 16 and football bus F22 will be diverted. Depending on when works finish, school service TG4 may also be diverted.

The company say there could be delays to these services while the sewer repair works are in progress but they will try to keep customers informed on their website www.reading-buses.co.uk and on social media.

Reading Buses marketing manager Jake Osman said: “We have tried to keep the diversions logical, easy to follow and as close to the normal routes as logistics allow.”

Buses leaving Reading Town Centre (towards Tilehurst/Purley) will run as normal as far as Reading West Station. After this stop, they will then divert along Beresford Road and Portman Road.

At the junction of Portman Road and Oxford Road, sky blue 15 will turn left to resume its normal route down Grovelands Road. Sky blue 16 and F22 will turn right to resume their normal routes and purple 17 and TG4 will go straight over the Norcot Junction roundabout to resume their normal routes.

The diversion towards Reading sees sky blue 16, purple 17 and F22 all leaving Norcot Juntion stop before using Grovelands Road to join sky blue 15 along Water Road and Tilehurst Road, before using Western Elms Avenue to resume their normal routes from Reading West Station stop.

Mr Osman said: “Although all stops between Beresford Road and Pond House/Norcot Junction will not be in use, there will be temporary stops available on the Oxford Road just before Beresford Road and on Portman Road by the Tesco petrol station.

“There will also be a stop just after Norcot Junction for purple 17 and TG4 customers. Naturally, buses on the inbound diversion will use all existing stops along the route”

The company are keen to stress that any diversion would begin and end in line with the roadworks and that if the work was completed early, they would work quickly to get buses back onto their normal routes.

Reading Buses advise customers that there could be delays to these services whilst the sewer repair works are in progress. However, they will endeavour to keep customers informed through their website www.reading-buses.co.uk and social media.